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In Brief__
World: Gorbachev cigarette expected to burn its competition
GENEVA — A Swiss company has launched a cigarette named for Mikhail S. Gorbachev, figuring that a popular Kremlin leader might be just the guy to knock the Marlboro man off his horse.
The company plans to invade the U.S. market next with the cigarette, which it calls “Gorbatchow,” enticing smokers with its slogan, “A Taste of Freedom.”
Peter Studer, owner of the small company that introduced the brand in Geneva on Friday, said the name “Gorbatchow" was formed by mixing spellings of the Soviet president’s name in various languages.
Studer said in an interview that cigarette smokers need “a new image."
“We think people are bored with a tired cowboy on an almost dead horse,” he said, an apparent reference to the advertisements for Martboro cigarettes, which are popular in the Soviet Union.
From th» Associated Prwss ,
Farrakhan’s myth stifles progress
Viewpoint, page 3
Wired for safety
trojan
For more than a month, Vista residents had no problem entering their apartments despite the Access security system. Scott Fordik, a Junior majoring In computer science (above), and other residents discovered they could bypass the system’s $1.5 million gadgetry simply by manueverlng a broomstick through the security bars and tapping the exit button. Though Access Manager Terry Riley claimed to have prior knowledge of the problem, the extra feet of wire mesh required to solve it (right) was not Installed by Physical Plant worksrs until last Wednesday, after a story appeared In the Dally Trojan.
Monday, March 12, 1990
Council validates election
Ruling on ballot bias wipes T slate clean
By Katie Sweeney
Staff Writer
The Student Senate judicial Council announced Friday that results for this year's senate election will remain valid, thus avoiding a second election nullification in two years.
Senate elections in 1989 were scrapped by the Judicial Council because of allegations of illegal campaigning and voter fraud.
Last week's controversy involved 11 candidates who formed an election slate. This affiliation was identified on the ballot by the placement of a Roman numeral T after the names of these candidates.
Hunter Goodman, campaign manager for senate incumbent Nicole MacDonald, filed a complaint on Thursday, charging that placement of the Roman numeral T after the names of some candidates on the ballot gave them an unfair advantage and violated county election codes that prohibit altering names of candidates on the ballot.
Goodman and MacDonald, along with representatives from the Student Senate Elections and Recruitment Commission, met with the Judicial Council on Friday morning and presented their arguments. The council voted unanimously to uphold the election late Friday afternoon.
"The attachment of the Roman numeral T to the names of certain candidates served the purpose of identifying their presence on a slate or their joint political stance," according to the official document of the council's decision. "It does not constitute addition or modification of the names of the candidates.
"The claim that a number of state and federal laws were broken was not backed by the presentation of any documents at the time of the hearing. Hence, it is rejected," the document stated.
Goodman and MacDonald declined comment because they had not seen the full text of the council's decision.
"All candidates had the option to be on a slate," said Mueen Batlay, a member of the council. "That was just one slate identified by the Roman numeral 'I.' It was not an unfair advantage.
"If they had an advantage, it's because they're using a process they had the prerogative to use," Batlay said.
Cheryl Aza, the council chairwoman, agreed.
"Everyone was given the same opportunity (to be on a slate)," Aza said.
David Nichols, a three-year member of the judicial council, said the candidates on the slate followed every procedure they knew.
'It's definitely a case of precedent," said Brendan Brown, a member of the Judicial Council.
Nichols said there is nothing in the senate constitution about the proper procedures for slate affiliation.
The council also recommended that "specific and unambiguous" rules re-
(See Senate, page 8)
Volume CXI, Number 40 University of Southern California
Parking lines get redrawn
Cramped spaces cause worry about increased accidents
By Kathy Kelleher
Staff Writer
The redrawing of parking spaces in several campus areas, which proponents say increases space availability, has produced mixed reactions among faculty and students who point to new difficulties of parking their cars.
Space lines in Parking Structures A and C and at lots at the Health Sciences Campus have been redrawn to add about 100 spaces per structure. Space width was reduced from 9 to 7 1/2 feet, according to
Roy Heidicker, associate director of Parking Services.
Heidicker said the parking spaces were relined because of the loss of space to new construction projects on campus.
The spaces are in accordance with the Los Angeles County Parking Code, he said.
But the main complaint from drivers is that the spaces are too small.
"(I) practically have to cijawl through the window to get out (of my car)," said Carol Gordon, an administrative assistant for electrical engineering systems.
Gordon, who drives a Dodge Colt, said an additional space at the end of each row of parking "impairs your view," making it difficult for drivers to see on-
(See Parking, page 9)
University is yet to see lawsuit
By Christa Hohmann
Staff Writer
University lawyers said Friday they have not yet seen a lawsuit that was filed last Wednesday against the university and the dty of Los Angeles by the USC Divestment Coalition.
"We do not know that there is a suit," said Christian Markey, vice president of General Counsel.
Markey refused to comment further about the case.
- The multimillion-dollar lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, charges that University Security and the Los Angeles Police Department beat and unlawfully arrested coalition members during a Feb. 7 demonstration at Bovard Auditorium.
Nine university students and two Occidental College students are suing the university and the dty on 12 counts, which indude assault and battery, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The group is asking for $2 million in compensatory damages and a still undetermined amount in punitive damages.
It names as co-defendants: Darryl Gates, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department; James Zumberge, university president; and James Dennis, vice president for Student Affairs.
The coalition also is seeking to discontinue University Security's practice of collecting and maintaining information on student activists. (

In Brief__
World: Gorbachev cigarette expected to burn its competition
GENEVA — A Swiss company has launched a cigarette named for Mikhail S. Gorbachev, figuring that a popular Kremlin leader might be just the guy to knock the Marlboro man off his horse.
The company plans to invade the U.S. market next with the cigarette, which it calls “Gorbatchow,” enticing smokers with its slogan, “A Taste of Freedom.”
Peter Studer, owner of the small company that introduced the brand in Geneva on Friday, said the name “Gorbatchow" was formed by mixing spellings of the Soviet president’s name in various languages.
Studer said in an interview that cigarette smokers need “a new image."
“We think people are bored with a tired cowboy on an almost dead horse,” he said, an apparent reference to the advertisements for Martboro cigarettes, which are popular in the Soviet Union.
From th» Associated Prwss ,
Farrakhan’s myth stifles progress
Viewpoint, page 3
Wired for safety
trojan
For more than a month, Vista residents had no problem entering their apartments despite the Access security system. Scott Fordik, a Junior majoring In computer science (above), and other residents discovered they could bypass the system’s $1.5 million gadgetry simply by manueverlng a broomstick through the security bars and tapping the exit button. Though Access Manager Terry Riley claimed to have prior knowledge of the problem, the extra feet of wire mesh required to solve it (right) was not Installed by Physical Plant worksrs until last Wednesday, after a story appeared In the Dally Trojan.
Monday, March 12, 1990
Council validates election
Ruling on ballot bias wipes T slate clean
By Katie Sweeney
Staff Writer
The Student Senate judicial Council announced Friday that results for this year's senate election will remain valid, thus avoiding a second election nullification in two years.
Senate elections in 1989 were scrapped by the Judicial Council because of allegations of illegal campaigning and voter fraud.
Last week's controversy involved 11 candidates who formed an election slate. This affiliation was identified on the ballot by the placement of a Roman numeral T after the names of these candidates.
Hunter Goodman, campaign manager for senate incumbent Nicole MacDonald, filed a complaint on Thursday, charging that placement of the Roman numeral T after the names of some candidates on the ballot gave them an unfair advantage and violated county election codes that prohibit altering names of candidates on the ballot.
Goodman and MacDonald, along with representatives from the Student Senate Elections and Recruitment Commission, met with the Judicial Council on Friday morning and presented their arguments. The council voted unanimously to uphold the election late Friday afternoon.
"The attachment of the Roman numeral T to the names of certain candidates served the purpose of identifying their presence on a slate or their joint political stance," according to the official document of the council's decision. "It does not constitute addition or modification of the names of the candidates.
"The claim that a number of state and federal laws were broken was not backed by the presentation of any documents at the time of the hearing. Hence, it is rejected," the document stated.
Goodman and MacDonald declined comment because they had not seen the full text of the council's decision.
"All candidates had the option to be on a slate," said Mueen Batlay, a member of the council. "That was just one slate identified by the Roman numeral 'I.' It was not an unfair advantage.
"If they had an advantage, it's because they're using a process they had the prerogative to use," Batlay said.
Cheryl Aza, the council chairwoman, agreed.
"Everyone was given the same opportunity (to be on a slate)," Aza said.
David Nichols, a three-year member of the judicial council, said the candidates on the slate followed every procedure they knew.
'It's definitely a case of precedent," said Brendan Brown, a member of the Judicial Council.
Nichols said there is nothing in the senate constitution about the proper procedures for slate affiliation.
The council also recommended that "specific and unambiguous" rules re-
(See Senate, page 8)
Volume CXI, Number 40 University of Southern California
Parking lines get redrawn
Cramped spaces cause worry about increased accidents
By Kathy Kelleher
Staff Writer
The redrawing of parking spaces in several campus areas, which proponents say increases space availability, has produced mixed reactions among faculty and students who point to new difficulties of parking their cars.
Space lines in Parking Structures A and C and at lots at the Health Sciences Campus have been redrawn to add about 100 spaces per structure. Space width was reduced from 9 to 7 1/2 feet, according to
Roy Heidicker, associate director of Parking Services.
Heidicker said the parking spaces were relined because of the loss of space to new construction projects on campus.
The spaces are in accordance with the Los Angeles County Parking Code, he said.
But the main complaint from drivers is that the spaces are too small.
"(I) practically have to cijawl through the window to get out (of my car)," said Carol Gordon, an administrative assistant for electrical engineering systems.
Gordon, who drives a Dodge Colt, said an additional space at the end of each row of parking "impairs your view," making it difficult for drivers to see on-
(See Parking, page 9)
University is yet to see lawsuit
By Christa Hohmann
Staff Writer
University lawyers said Friday they have not yet seen a lawsuit that was filed last Wednesday against the university and the dty of Los Angeles by the USC Divestment Coalition.
"We do not know that there is a suit," said Christian Markey, vice president of General Counsel.
Markey refused to comment further about the case.
- The multimillion-dollar lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, charges that University Security and the Los Angeles Police Department beat and unlawfully arrested coalition members during a Feb. 7 demonstration at Bovard Auditorium.
Nine university students and two Occidental College students are suing the university and the dty on 12 counts, which indude assault and battery, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The group is asking for $2 million in compensatory damages and a still undetermined amount in punitive damages.
It names as co-defendants: Darryl Gates, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department; James Zumberge, university president; and James Dennis, vice president for Student Affairs.
The coalition also is seeking to discontinue University Security's practice of collecting and maintaining information on student activists. (